take a look. >> this is actually what nsa does. we don't know specifically obviously where the intelligence came from, but all of that monitoring of e-mails and internet websites and phone calls, this is what american intelligence is supposed to do. >> at a time when there are a lot of calls for limiting the nsa, does ambassador bolton have a point? >> he does. i think we should hear the president of the united states make that case. what's striking about the debate about the nsa, the president continually says he wants debate, and continually chooses not to participate in it, certainly not to lead it. i think that's the more important take away from this reminder that al qaeda is still with us and still strong, in many ways expanding, is yes, the president overstated it during the campaign, that's obviously true, but this has real practical policy implications. how we deal with these things is not sort of theoretical. if you look at the people that are experts in this field and look at the arguments that they have been making, it